Teacher busts Santa myth, gets fired
An elementary school teacher who told her 7-year-old students there was no Santa Claus — leaving some of them a blubbering mess — has been fired.
When excited youngsters became rowdy as they talked about Santa, the supply teacher blurted out: ‘It’s your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day.’
The class of seven-year-olds at Blackshaw Lane Primary School, Royton, near Oldham, Greater Manchester burst into tears and told their parents when they arrived home.
Mothers and fathers then complained about the incident and were sent a letter by the school saying the substitute teacher, who only worked at the school for one day last week, has been disciplined.
The school has now said it will not hire her again.
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1. william
December 12, 2008 @ 11:42 am
This is crazy. When is it wrong for adults to tell kids the truth. I am a parent of two girls. My children thought that santa claus was a real person until I had to tell them that santa claus was me. Yes they cried, but that was the truth. They respect me more for telling them the truth. Remember when you scold them for lying to you, that you’ve lied to them for years.
2. caroline
March 14, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
….because she showed no regard for the students. She was being abusive and cruel. We are teachers and protectors of students. It was the parents place to handle this . She was rightly removed.